Listen To These People Talk About Living On The Edge And Then Tell Me Why We Can't Change Things

Listen To These People Talk About Living On The Edge And Then Tell Me Why We Can't Change Things

A special Upworthy series about work and the economy, made possible by the AFL-CIO. Read more, then check out more in Workonomics.

Aren't minimum-wage jobs usually transitional and mostly taken by teenagers? Not anymore. Single mothers, single fathers, married couples with kids, older folks who can't find a job with their skill set ... those are the folks working at these jobs nowadays. Here are some of their stories.

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